Ansar Comes Under Al Qaida

Middle East Newsline

June 11, 2014

CAIRO [MENL] -- The Egyptian intelligence community has determined thatAnsar Beit Maqdis was under Al Qaida control. Officials said the intelligence community assessed that Ansar leadersand senior operatives pledged allegiance to Al Qaida headquarters inAfghanistan and Pakistan. They said Al Qaida commander Ayman Zawahiri hasbeen pumping millions of dollars to Ansar in Egypt and directing what wasdeemed the largest insurgency network in Egypt.